Since age 14, I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out of them and I listen to them better, since I've been there.

The lowest budget U.S. films are ten times times better (than shooting in Tibet).

All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.

Acting is actually private.

I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don't believe in giving advice, actually, as a human being I don't.

The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly.

My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport.

All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was unimaginable to my parents.

As an actress I find the most enjoyable part of acting is really just to please the director. I just want to please my director.

I grew up in Honolulu. It's not the ballet cultural mecca by any stretch of the imagination. People are much more familiar with hula than they are with ballet.

For the past few years, I was the more visible Asian performer, and I think it gave young girls a kind of role model showing it's possible to actually reach success doing movies.

I think there might be a better way, change the law

You have to accept as an architect to be exposed to criticism. Architecture should not rely on full harmony.

I'm such a fan girl when it comes to movies, TV and sci-fi, sometimes I can't believe I actually get to be in them.

Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a termination.

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

A dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit.

An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.

I had a dresser who literally squeezed me in like Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind.

When I start creating a villain, I start liking the villain and so the villain is not really evil.

One wants to see the artifice of the thing as well as the subject.